Nicholas Paul Harberd FRS (born 15 July 1956)[3] is Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Science and former head of the Department of Plant Sciences (since 2022 part of the Department of Biology) at the University of Oxford, and Fellow of St John's College, Oxford.

He is head of the Harberd group, which was located at John Innes Centre, and has been at the University of Oxford[7] since his appointment as Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Sciences in 2007.

[2][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] With George Coupland, Liam Dolan, Alison Smith, Jonathan Jones, Cathie Martin, Robert Sablowski and Abigail Amey he is a co-author of the textbook Plant Biology.

[8] His nomination reads: Nick Harberd has made pioneering contributions to the solution of a fundamental problem in biology – the molecular mechanisms via which plant hormones control growth.

He also showed how this mechanism underlies the action of genes responsible for the increase in yield of wheat varieties during the 'green revolution'.